Hanging with History

10. Origins of Parliament

May 23, 2020 Harald Hansen Season 1 Episode 10
Hanging with History
10. Origins of Parliament
Show Notes

A mad dream escapes into the world and becomes real.  We know this dream as Parliament.  Modus Tenendi Parlementum.  Parliament achieves a secure place in the English conception of society and politics while representative bodies lose power all over Europe.
The Domesday survey reveals 9 percent of the English were slaves.  William would find that deeply troubling and put an end to it.  But what happened to the slaves?  And what kind of life did a serf have? 
 We move to the deeper past and take a look at the unique way Roman Britain achieved independence from Rome. 
 We finish by setting the Modus Tenendi Parlementum the context of other medieval fakes, forgeries or dreams.
A Nightrider episode.